Wall Street Ferry House, Manhattan - 1860s or 1870s
The old Wall Street Ferry House at the Foot of Wall Street, New York City. Photograph, originally in stereographic form, published by America Illustrated Stereographs of New York City. Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
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The Wall Street Ferry opened in May 1853, with three boats and ferry houses on both sides: Manhattan and Brooklyn at Montague Street. The Wall Street ferry franchise was granted by the city to Jacob Sharp & Co. on June 16, 1852. By 1873, the Union Ferry Company, originally organized in 1839, controlled the Fulton, Wall Street, Hamilton and South Ferries.
The photograph above shows an enlarged building compared to the original ferry house built in 1852-1853, with a longer entrance for passengers. The building gained a new design and side towers around 1880. The Wall Street Ferry closed on July 28, 1912.
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Wall Street Ferry House, Manhattan - 1860s or 1870s
